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The bomb-damaged Old Palace in central Belgrade, struck during the first wave of bombing on 6 April 1941. German ground forces crossed the Yugoslav border at 05:15 on 6 April, and the Reich Minister of Propaganda, Joseph Goebbels, announced Germany's declaration of war at 06:00. [18]
The naval battle known as the action of 4 April 1941 was fought in the mid-Atlantic Ocean. The German commerce raider Thor sank the British auxiliary cruiser Voltaire. The Germans and Italians took Benghazi. [5] Hitler issued Directive No. 27, Plan of Attack on Greece. The Greek torpedo boat Proussa was sunk by Italian aircraft off Corfu.
The first was on the night of 7–8 April 1941, a small attack which probably took place only to test Belfast's defences. The next took place on Easter Tuesday, 15 April 1941, when 200 Luftwaffe bombers attacked military and manufacturing targets in the city of Belfast. Some 900 people died as a result of the bombing and 1,500 were injured.
See historical photos of the day which President Franklin Roosevelt would later call "a date which will live in infamy."
Over 80 years later, Dec. 7, 1941 is a date that still lives in infamy. The attack on Pearl Harbor launched the United States into World War II and left an indelible scar on the American psyche ...
7 April: The Luftwaffe begins a two-day assault on Belgrade, Yugoslavia; Hitler is infuriated by the Yugoslav resistance. 8 April: The Germans take Salonika, Greece. 9 April: The Palestinian leader Amin al-Husseini issues a fatwa in a radio speech from Baghdad, calling on Muslims to engage in a holy war against Great Britain. [3] 10 April
The first elements of the 3rd Army launched their offensive operations in North Albania on 7 April 1941, with the Komski Odred covering the Gusinje-Prokletije mountains area advancing towards the village of Raja-Puka. The Kosovska Division crossed the border in the Prizren area of Kosovo and was advancing through the Drin River valley.
April 1941 sports events (5 P) M. Maritime incidents in April 1941 (56 P) Pages in category "April 1941 events" The following 10 pages are in this category, out of 10 ...